Confused..Hate this feeling
I am currently at KLIA waiting to go onboard. I am taking a night flight to Singapore to conduct a one full day training in Singapore Office.
The is this African Guy sitting like 3 empty seats away from me. I tried to look towards the boarding gate and have to see him too as he is seated at the same side. And he suddenly asked me, "Are you from Singapore?" With a face of "No Expression", I replied "NO" and quickly turn back to face at my laptop so that I do not create any further conversations with stranger.
Then, inside me I feel bad for ignoring him with purpose. I cannot help but to avoid any conversations with stranger which is from a place which we always hear bad intentions of their people. My feeling was filled with fear,guilt and empathy which is equivalent to "Confused".
Fear - because I may be putting myself into unknown danger by talking to strangers.
Guilt - because I felt that I am trying to discriminate certain nationalities
Empathy - because I was also trying to sit in his shoe and felt pity that he might not be a bad person but he was discriminated because there have been too many bad stories about people from the same countries.
For my own safety reason, I chose to continue browsing the internet and blog than talking with a stranger. I think that is the safest option to pick when travelling alone.
I am currently at KLIA waiting to go onboard. I am taking a night flight to Singapore to conduct a one full day training in Singapore Office.
The is this African Guy sitting like 3 empty seats away from me. I tried to look towards the boarding gate and have to see him too as he is seated at the same side. And he suddenly asked me, "Are you from Singapore?" With a face of "No Expression", I replied "NO" and quickly turn back to face at my laptop so that I do not create any further conversations with stranger.
Then, inside me I feel bad for ignoring him with purpose. I cannot help but to avoid any conversations with stranger which is from a place which we always hear bad intentions of their people. My feeling was filled with fear,guilt and empathy which is equivalent to "Confused".
Fear - because I may be putting myself into unknown danger by talking to strangers.
Guilt - because I felt that I am trying to discriminate certain nationalities
Empathy - because I was also trying to sit in his shoe and felt pity that he might not be a bad person but he was discriminated because there have been too many bad stories about people from the same countries.
For my own safety reason, I chose to continue browsing the internet and blog than talking with a stranger. I think that is the safest option to pick when travelling alone.
Comments
Is better to be careful especially when travelling alone. But it could be quite boring ya! :):)